Hi Carol Thanks for the information. It's definatley one for the maybe pile. It does look like Wilkinson. I would have read it that way. How many Policemen lived in !!! All single. Just wondering why he would list himself as a Pointsman on Railway 1 year later? Then 9yrs later he is a Police Constable. >From what I've read Tarporley isn't a big place but I can't find his father there either. His father isn't listed as deceased on the marriage cert. but I've come to not rely on that information that much. Best Regards Susan > From: Carolgriff@aol.com> Hi> might be worth looking at this entry 1871- looks like Wilkinson on the > census and hes in the police force.> carol> Name:John Williamson> Age:24 > Estimated Birth Year:abt 1847 > Relation:Boarder > Gender:Male> Where born:Tarporley, Cheshire, England> > Civil Parish:Liverpool > Ecclesiastical parish:St John > Town:Liverpool > County/Island:Lancashire > Country:England > > > Registration district:Liverpool> Sub-registration district:Dale Street